# Lightsabers Question (Episode II Spoiler Involved) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 24, 2002, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lightsabers-question-episode-ii-spoiler-involved/99895 "2002-03-24T21:11:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ResIpsaLoquitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@ResIpsaLoquitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ResIpsaLoquitor)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lightsabers-question-episode-ii-spoiler-involved/99895/1 "2002-03-24T21:11:59Z")
Anyone want to explain to me the tactical advantage of this one? Count Dooku, the protagonist in Episode II (when he’s not playing Saruman in the off-season) has a CURVED lightsaber. The blade is still straight, but the handle has a pronounced arc to it. Exactly what advantage would this give him in battle? Or is Lucas just running out of creative lightsaber ideas? I mean, Maul’s lightsaber was fun, but there’s really nowhere to go after that… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ResIpsaLoquitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@ResIpsaLoquitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ResIpsaLoquitor)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lightsabers-question-episode-ii-spoiler-involved/99895/2 "2002-03-24T21:13:19Z")
And…crap…I meant to say that Dooku is the ANtagonist in Ep. II. Curse my hide. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lightsabers-question-episode-ii-spoiler-involved/99895/3 "2002-03-24T22:28:55Z")
Right up there with the dual-sided lightsaber from Episode I. Visually exciting and unusual. ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lightsabers-question-episode-ii-spoiler-involved/99895/4 "2002-03-24T23:01:48Z")
Well, considering that no sword that I can think of ever had a curved hilt, it’s probably just a gimmick. Unless he has curved hands or something… ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lightsabers-question-episode-ii-spoiler-involved/99895/5 "2002-03-24T23:17:55Z")
Darn it, if he’s gonna have a curved light saber, it should have a curved **blade**! Real sabers have curved blades, after all. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2002, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lightsabers-question-episode-ii-spoiler-involved/99895/6 "2002-03-25T01:08:27Z")
It’s based on a rapier, or somesuch traditional sword hilt, I think. It’s actually surprisingly comfortable to hold. Whoops, did I just say that? Er, forget I said it. _looks out for Lucasfilm’s prying eyes_ ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2002, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lightsabers-question-episode-ii-spoiler-involved/99895/7 "2002-03-25T02:05:48Z")
Speaking of creative lightsabre ideas, I noticed a certain Jedi uses two lightsabres at the same time in Episode II. Ah-ha! Now why didn’t anyone else think of that? ---
**Author:** ![ResIpsaLoquitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@ResIpsaLoquitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ResIpsaLoquitor)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2002, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lightsabers-question-episode-ii-spoiler-involved/99895/8 "2002-03-25T02:12:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Narrad \* > \*\*Speaking of creative lightsabre ideas, I noticed a certain Jedi uses two lightsabres at the same time in Episode II. Ah-ha! Now why didn’t anyone else think of that? \*\* Maul’s lightsaber is actually two sabers fused together. Dark Horse Comics published a short story, “Resurrection,” in Star Wars Tales #9 in which Vader fights Maul (or his clone…or whatever). In the course of the fight, Maul’s saber is split in the middle…which looks great for Vader, until Maul reignights both ends independently. It’s one of those great “oh crap” moments. (On the other hand, the story was declared apocryphal, so I guess nobody HAS thought of it yet.) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2002, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lightsabers-question-episode-ii-spoiler-involved/99895/9 "2002-03-25T04:17:25Z")
I think comfort is the idea for Dooku’s blade. It kidna wraps around his hand, giving him better grip. Then again, he fights more like Vadar, with stiff motions instead of the smooth strokes of Maul, so it seems that it doesn’t make a difference. Now Yoda…well, his style it toally different. 😃